diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 683fcc00da49..c42ecf4b3c10 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ int tcf_action_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *actions[],
 
 	for (i = 0; i < TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO && actions[i]; i++) {
 		a = actions[i];
-		nest = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, a->order);
+		nest = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, i + 1);
 		if (nest == NULL)
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 		err = tcf_action_dump_1(skb, a, bind, ref);
@@ -1303,7 +1303,6 @@ tca_action_gd(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 			ret = PTR_ERR(act);
 			goto err;
 		}
-		act->order = i;
 		attr_size += tcf_action_fill_size(act);
 		actions[i - 1] = act;
 	}